Joy Castro
Joy Castro teaches literature at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Her 2005 memoir, The Truth Book was elected an ABA Book Sense Notable Book.
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Hell or High Water
- By: Joy Castro
- Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez
- Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: July 17, 2012
- Language: English
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Nola Cespedes, an ambitious young reporter at the Times-Picayune, finally catches a break: an assignment to write her first full-length feature. While investigating her story, she also becomes fixated on the search for a missing tourist in the... Read more
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Nearer Home
- By: Joy Castro
- Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez
- Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: July 16, 2013
- Language: English
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Early one morning, Times-Picayune crime reporter Nola Cespedes goes for her regular run in Audubon Park. Instead, Nola finds herself at the scene of a crime when she discovers a dead body. Worse, Nola recognizes the victim: Judith Taffner, her... Read more
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The Shrinking Man
Inch by inch, day by day, Scott Carey is getting smaller. Once an unremarkable husband and father, Scott finds himself shrinking with no end in sight, the result of exposure to a radioactive cloud. He becomes a national spectacle, a freak that is bullied by teenagers and disrespected by everyone. His wife and family turn into unreachable giants, the family cat becomes a predatory menace, and ...
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Be Bold: An Affirmations Bundle to Stand in Your Power, Find More Confidence and Embrace Your Highest Self
Picture how great you’ll feel when you will be able to stand in your power. It’s good to realize this is possible for you, isn’t it? One of the things you are going to love about this program is how it will help you find your courage and use it. As you consider the benefits of more courage, you might like to think of how your life will improve when you will be bold enough to live life on ...
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The Call of Sedona
This richly illustrated New York Times bestseller and word-of-mouth-phenomenon takes readers on a journey through the magical landscape of Sedona, illuminating the path to self-discovery and opening readers to a higher purpose and potential–from one of the world’s most renowned meditation teachers. The Call of Sedona speaks to anyone seeking greater fulfillment and deeper meaning in their ...
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The Gospel According to Lazarus
From the internationally bestselling author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon comes a dazzling new work of historical fiction, retelling the story of the Passion from the point of view of Lazarus.
According to the New Testament, Jesus resurrected his friend, but the Gospel of John omits details of how he achieved this miracle and whether he had any special purpose in doing so. The acclaimed ...
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Love Yourself Well
A frank and accessible guide to optimizing women’s health by Lo Bosworth–the CEO and founder of Love Wellness–tracing the interconnectivity of the gut, brain, and vagina, and providing natural solutions to intimate problems.
Lo Bosworth didn’t know what to do, when–out of nowhere–she began experiencing strange physical ailments like fatigue, yeast infections, and debilitating brain ...
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Mercury
A tale of revenge and technological endeavor set on our solar system’s most desolate stage
Despite Mercury’s desolateness, there are still those who hope to find diamonds in the rough. Saito Yamagata thinks Mercury’s position will make it an ideal orbit point for satellites that could someday create enough power to propel starships into deep space. He hires Dante Alexios to bring his dreams ...
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How to Speak Money
To those who don’t speak it, the language of money can seem impenetrable and its ideas too complex to grasp. How to Speak Money is acclaimed writer John Lanchester’s entertaining and informative attempt to bridge the gap between the money people and the rest of us.With characteristic wit and candor (“wickedly funny” –Dwight Garner, New York Times), Lanchester shows how the world of ...
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America the Dead
John Talon and his son have survived the Upheaval, the event which saw the dead rising to feed on the living. After two years of fighting off the worst the infection had to throw at them, a new danger emerges which threatens to take apart their small hold on humanity and the one chance they have to rebuild the country. Sometimes the biggest threat to humanity isn’t the living dead, and the ...
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“Until I Smile At You”
“Until I Smile At You” is a biography/memoir profiling one of the 20th century’s most enduring musical talents: Ruth Lowe, who overcame her grief by writing the song that launched Frank Sinatra’s career into the stratosphere in 1940, “I’ll Never Smile Again”. As Nancy Sinatra writes in the Foreword, “There’s a reason why ‘I’ll Never Smile Again’ has endured: it was a ...
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Good Tidings of Great Joy
Engage with the story of Jesus’ birth in a unique way that’s sure to become a treasured holiday tradition.
His coming went unnoticed by most people, but it was foretold from ages past.
His birth wasn’t announced by royal proclamation, but it was lauded by the angels of heaven.
There were no servants to attend Him, but shepherds left their flocks and wise men left their homes to ...
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